Ken Bork
Director
Geoglogy and Earth Science
Indiana State University,
Canada
Biography
Ken Bork (MA 1964, PhD 1967) retired from the Department of Geology and Geography at Denison University in May 2003, after 38 years of teaching and publishing. Since then, he has been elected secretary general of the International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences for a 2004–08 term. During the 2004 International Geological Congress in Florence, Bork participated in a northern Italy field excursion conducted by Italian members of INHIGEO, and during the summer of 2005, he will attend INHIGEO meetings in Prague, Czech Republic. Bork is also currently on the editorial board of the Geological Society of America’s "Rock Star" committee, which oversees publication of the "Rock Star" articles in GSA Today. 2001 - Ken was the 2000 Neil Miner Award winner of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, for exceptional contributions to the stimulation of interest in the earth sciences. He is a professor of geology and geography at Denison University in Granville, Ohio.
Research Interest
Geoglogy and Earth Science
